The Kuiper belt and its primordial sculpting

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 92, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 1-27

  Morbidelli, A ^a   Brown, M E ^b   Levison, H F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SwRI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KUIPER BELT; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 3242770424     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MOON.0000031921.37380.80     Document Type: Article

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